The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-08
Local and state Notes.

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| Local and State Notes.
The I. & V. are building new, cozy station
| at Spencer, to cost s., 800.
The c.. H. & D. inspection party on Friday
next inspect the Indianapolis division.
In October the c., l., st. L. & c. road handled
| on their main line the cars of I9I foreign roads
| J. V. d. Coleman has been appointed acting
agent at Greencastle for the Vandalia company.
Last week an average of 492 carloads Of block
| coal per day were shipped from the coal mines
| in, and about Brazil
The Indianapolis 6 Vincennes is extending
| its extension track at Linton one mile to coal
| shaft No. 2, Island City coal.
| At New Brttou. the Lake Erie & Western
| road, Yesterday station was established and
| u. A. Whitley appointed agent
| The completion of the Cannelton branch of
! the L., E. & St L. road will open up to New
| Albany the best coal fields in this State
! d. n. Parmellee, passenger conductor on the
| c., l., ST. L. & e. left last evening for Wichita.
| to visit brother. He is to be absent two weeks,
F. L. Gregory. formerly agent of the l., B. 6
| W. at this point now in the real estate business
| at Omaha, is in the city for day two, visit
| ing friends.
Passenger conductors Burke and Newburger,
| on the j., NJ. & l. road, were dropped from the
pay-rolls of the company yesterday. Reason
| not assigned.
Heavy shipments of steel rails for the St
| Louis. Arkansas & Texas road going south
| over the L 81 ". which turns them over to the
meeting of the managers of the roads which
haul the soft Goals, among them Indiana Goals,
| TO the Northwest. have meeting in Chicago
to-day TO better adjust rates.
Official notice Of the appointment of O. P
McCarty chief rate clerk of the passenger
department. of the Trunk-line Association by
S. F. Person chairman, has been received
The Michigan Central road has within the
last thirty DAYS promoted fifteen of its freight
brAkemen TO the position of conductors, SO
largely has the train service increased of late.
belief prevails in railroad circles that the
Northwestern and the Southwestern roads will
soon settle their wars, now that the transconti-
mental lines have made a move in that direction.
The new fast train to be put on between Oma-
ha and San Francisco reduces the time from
Omaha to that point to seventy-tw NO hours ard
the time from indianapolis to San Francisco
ninety hours, or less than four days.
The parlor cars which have been run between
ST. Louis and Cincinnati over the Vandaia and
C.. I'll. & D., were hauled off yesterday. and
these cars will now be run between Indianapolis
and St Louis on trains and as formerly over
the Vandalia road.
The Lackawanna s. Western, which has here
tofore made no effort to secure travel over it's
rout between the West and East, has agents
10 the field looking over matters and placing ad-
vertisements, taking the position that it is the
shortest and best route between Buffalo and
New York.
General Manager Moore, OF the Indiana Mid
land road, is another railroad official who pro-
poses to have only sober men in their service.
Last week he discharged two men holding i'm
portant positions. and yesterday two more. for
too free use of intoxicating liquors-one the fore
man of bridges.
In the month of October a total of 6274 cars
were handled on the c., Fl. g. /. division of the
c., 81. & d. Of this number 1901 were loaded
cars. They were hauled in 1877 trains averag-
ing twenty five loaded and seven empty cars to
train. In October 104 more loaded
hauled on this division than IN September.
Judges Gresham and Allen will meet early
next week in Springfield. H., to consider the
Vandalia litigation and come to some decision
to the questions at issue. The chief point to be
settled by these judges is to the validity of
the lease, the appointing of receiver, mat
ters now stand, being secondary to this decision.
The L., N. A. & G. road earned in October
$208, 269 Increase over the corresponding
month 1886. S20633. Increase the first ten
months of this year over the corresponding
period 1886, $345. O60. The Wabash Western
road earned in October. $628. 000 Increase over
earnings in October 1856, sec. 900. Increase the
first ten months of the year over correspond
ing period 1856. $3.50. 800.
The Wabash river is so low that the roads
which have bridges crossing it have been max
been recently rebuilt The L & ST. l.. has
pleted their new bridge over this stream; the
l.. E Il St l.. theirs; the Wabash has greatly
strengthened theirs, and the Indiana & Illinois
Southern have their new bridge in readiness for
standard-gauge equipments.
Charles Meyers, of the oldest conductors
in this section, who yesterday running
freight train the c., l.. ST. l.. & c. fell from
the top of near Guford, and in
one
of his legs and probably of his arms will
have to come off. should he survive the injuries.
Until few weeks ago he was running a passen-
ger train on the l., d. & s. road.
Trains were placed on the Indiana Midland
yesterday to run between Anderson and Ladoea.
Ind. One passenger and two mixed trains are
run daily, except Sunday, between these points,
The track-layers now three miles west of
Ladoga, and are laying track at the of
three quarters of mile per day toward Wave
land. Ind The company expect to reach the
Sand Creek coal region by the LIST of January.
The T. H. g. l. division of the Vandaiia-70
per of it's said TO be in good condition
physically as the main line which means il is
an excellent road bed A large sum of money
has been spent this division this year in the
way of putting in new steel. cutting down
grades, and filing hoilows. The bridges
the entire line either or have been
thoroughly rebuilt within the last eighteen
months.
Vhe Peoria, Decatur & Evansville road which
has of late been represented by the Chicago
press being ~ bad shape physically, has found
defendant in the Peoria Journal, which in its Sat
urday Issue says: THE P, d. IL E. railroad
has o remarks bic record. one in fact, that it is
hard to parallel. and almost impossible to beat.
Like the Cunard line of transatlantic steamers,
the operations of the company have never been
clogged by the death of single passenger.